At 08:20 AM 11/28/01 -0500, Wim wrote:
>
> As far I'm concerned, you can take all Steinway Studios and drop them in the
> river. For
Drop them off at my house instead! I love them! Especially the little
"continental" F-40 (or whatever it was called).
>
> the money, they're not that great.
I would disagree. I look after one 1098 that fell into an orchestra pit and was
later dropped flat on its back and it's still in use. They're tough pianos!
>
> And as a technician they are impossible to tune.
Try Protek on the upper bearing points. They'll go from a nightmare to just a
mild bad dream.
>
> Yes, they stay where you put them. But by that time you're arm has fallen
> off, and you've spent all of you free times doing it.
They take me an extra 15 minutes or so and my arm's fine afterwards, though my
brain might be a little fuzzy.
>
> Ask me what I think of Steinway uprights.
I think we know... <g> Ask me what *I* think of them!
John
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